Communication with cancer patients in culturally diverse societies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 809, Issue , 1997, Pages 317-329

  Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Tattersall, Martin H N ^a   Goldstein, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT INFORMATION;

EID: 0030888003     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48095.x     Document Type: Article

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